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Lawrence County, SD Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce Records

Eligible individuals may acquire post-July 1905 Lawrence County vital records, for a fee and with proper identification, at the county Register of Deeds. For older birth records, see the South Dakota Department of Health searchable database. There are Lawrence County death records beginning in 1877; marriage records beginning in1880 (plus a book listing marriages from 1877); and minimal burial and cemetery records beginning in 1870. Newspapers beginning around 1876 are found at the Deadwood Public Library. Lawrence County's name comes from its first county treasurer, Colonel John Lawrence. Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane lived in Lawrence County.